Shayan articles - 74 total
Best Practices for Building Agentic AI Systems.
I've been experimenting with adding AI agents to UserJot, our feedback, roadmap, and changelog...
Everyone's Sleeping on GPT-5 Mini (And It's the Only Model That Actually Matters)
OpenAI dropped GPT-5 last week and they made it a big deal. Sam Altman's cryptic tweets, influencers...
The $700 Monitor That Fixed My 10-Hour Coding Days
As a solo founder running UserJot, I spend 10+ hours a day at my desk switching between code, design,...
How to Build an MCP Server in TypeScript
I've been working on UserJot, my SaaS for user feedback and roadmaps, and the next item on my sprint...
Claude Code Pricing: Is the $200/mo Plan Worth It? (New Rate Limits Explained)
I moved from Cursor to Claude Code about a month ago. Initially I was hesitant about paying...
I Automated My Entire Dev Workflow with AI (You Won't Believe How Easy It Is)
As a solo developer building UserJot, I was spending too much time on repetitive tasks. Between...
Why Your Vibe-Coded App Will Fail (And How to Fix It)
I built three tools last month. Little things: a script runner, a markdown converter, something to...
How to Choose the Best Feedback Platform for Your Team
Building great products isn't about guessing what users want. It's about listening. As one founder...
Figma Just Shipped Liquid Glass Effects (And They're Actually Good)
Figma dropped glass effects in their latest release. It's the same liquid glass style Apple's been...
How to Use Larger Runners in GitHub Actions for Faster Workflows
To use larger runners in GitHub Actions, update your workflow’s runs-on key to the appropriate label...
14 Harsh Truths About Building SaaS (That No One Talks About)
I've been building SaaS products for 5 years. Made every mistake possible. Lost money, users, and...
How I'd Validate a SaaS Idea in 2025 (Without Writing Code)
I've built 5 products nobody wanted. Spent months coding features for phantom users. Burned through...
7 Mistakes Every Developer Makes When Building Their First SaaS (And How I Fixed Them)
I've shipped a bunch of half-finished projects over the years. Most never saw the light of day. But...
20 React Tricks Every Developer Should Know
I've been building UserJot (a user feedback and roadmap platform) for the past several months, and...
20 TypeScript Tricks Every Developer Should Know
I've been building UserJot, a feedback and roadmap platform for SaaS teams, for the past several...
ORMs Are Good, Actually.
When I started building UserJot, I decided to go all-in on Postgres: full-text search, pgvector,...
Everyone Is Wrong About SQLite
Here's a spicy take: SQLite might be the best database choice for your next SaaS project. Yes,...
Google's Free Gemini CLI Takes on Claude Code's $200/mo Pricing
I've been using Cursor for months now to build UserJot with Claude Sonnet and Opus, and it's been...
The 7 Tools I Use Every Day to Build My 5,000-User SaaS
UserJot just hit 5,000 users, and I've been thinking about the tools that got me here. Not because...
I Switched from Nginx to Caddy and I'll Never Go Back
I used to be an Nginx fan. Had it running everywhere - personal projects, client sites, production...
I Stopped Using Try-Catch in TypeScript and You Should Too
I'm about to share something that might get me canceled by the JavaScript community: I've stopped...
How Do You Know If You Have Product-Market Fit?
Spoiler: If You're Asking, You Don't. I see this question everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, founder...
I Replaced MongoDB with a Single Postgres Table
Look, I need to show you something that might hurt your feelings: CREATE TABLE MongoDB ( _id ...
You're Reading Startup Books Wrong (And It's Killing Your Progress)
You've got "The Mom Test" on your nightstand, "Zero to One" bookmarked on every device, and you're...
Postgres is Too Good (And Why That's Actually a Problem)
We need to talk about something that's been bothering me for months. I've been watching indie hackers...
Why Most Startup Founders Fail
Most startup founders fail because they waste time building things nobody wants, don't know how to...
Merchant of Record: The Complete Guide for SaaS Founders
If you're building a SaaS product, chances are you've signed up for Stripe, added a checkout form,...
What Is Net Profit and How Do You Calculate It?
Net profit is one of the most important numbers in your business, yet many founders overlook it in...
Are You Actually Making Money From Each Customer?
Most SaaS founders obsess over growth: signups, MRR, activation rates. But growth alone doesn't mean...
Canny Changed Their Pricing Again, and It Got Even More Expensive
Canny just changed their pricing, again. At first glance, it looks like a price drop. Their old...